The corticotropin-releasing factor/urocortin system and alcohol

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Overview

authors

• Ryabinin, A. E.
• Bachtell, R. K.
• Heinrichs, S. C.
• Lee, S.
• Rivier, Catherine
• Olive, M. F.
• Mehmert, K. K.
• Camarini, R.
• Kim, J. A.
• Koenig, H. N.
• Nannini, M. A.
• Hodge, C. W.
• Roberts, Amanda
• Koob, George

publication date

• May 2002

journal

• Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research  Journal

abstract

• This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the RSA meeting in Montreal, Canada. The organizer was Andrey E. Ryabinin, and the chair was George F. Koob. The presentations were (1) Introduction, by Stephen C. Heinrichs; (2) Role of CRF and its receptors in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal response to alcohol, by Soon Lee and Catherine Rivier; (3) A role for CRF in the allostasis of alcohol dependence, by George F. Koob and Amanda J. Roberts; (4) CRF and alcohol: Lessons from knockouts, microinjections, and microdialysis, by M. Foster Olive, Kristin K. Mehmert, R. Camarini, Joseph A. Kim, Heather N. Koenig, Michelle A. Nannini, and Clyde W. Hodge; and (5) Selective sensitivity of urocortin-containing neurons to alcohol self-administration, by Andrey E. Ryabinin and Ryan K. Bachtell.

subject areas

• Alcoholism
• Animals
• Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
• Ethanol
• Humans
• Hypothalamus
• Neurons
• Urocortins

Research

keywords

• Edinger-Westphal nucleus
• alcohol consumption
• allostasis
• c-fos
• corticotropin-releasing factor
• extended amygdala
• hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
• paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus
• place preference
• urocortin

Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

• 0145-6008

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02596.x

PubMed ID

• 12045481

Additional Document Info

start page

• 714

end page

• 722

volume

• 26

issue

• 5